Peça
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A Peça (also boa peça, peça da India, and pieza de India –Piece of India, Spanish
) was a unit of value in the slave trade in West Africa
through the Cape Verde Islands during the 16th to 18th centuries. A peca was the value of a healthy male or female slave between 15 to 25 years of age. Slaves between 25 and 35, and between 8 and 15 years were valued at 2/3 peça. Slaves outside this age range, and those infirm were valued lower. The peça was used to establish quotas and tariffs.
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
) was a unit of value in the slave trade in West Africa
West Africa
West Africa or Western Africa is the westernmost region of the African continent. Geopolitically, the UN definition of Western Africa includes the following 16 countries and an area of approximately 5 million square km:-Flags of West Africa:...
through the Cape Verde Islands during the 16th to 18th centuries. A peca was the value of a healthy male or female slave between 15 to 25 years of age. Slaves between 25 and 35, and between 8 and 15 years were valued at 2/3 peça. Slaves outside this age range, and those infirm were valued lower. The peça was used to establish quotas and tariffs.